Division of Fish & Wildlife

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Fisheries Section

The Fisheries Section works to enhance and protect Delaware’s fish and aquatic resources and habitats.There are abundant fishing areas in the state; dozens of warm water ponds. streams, marshes, swamps and twoponds stocked seasonally with trout.

Delaware also offers 22 fishing and boating sites providing access to vast populations of striped bass, summerflounder and black drum, as well as 11 artificial reef sites, which host and can teem with black sea bass, tautogand other species.

This page directs you to specific information – from fishing and boat licenses, access areas and trout maps, tokey fisheries and aquatic resources, and conservation and education initiatives, including DNREC's AquaticResources Education Center and the state Trout Stamp program.

Click on the image below for the online version of the 2015 Delaware Fishing Guide.

New in the Delaware Fishing Guide for 2015: - Electric Lights in Tidal Waters.

- Improved Fish Consumption Advisories.

- Online Shark, Herring and Shad Identification Guides.

ADVISORY: If you purchased a Delaware fishing license (with the exception of the Non-Resident Boat Fishing License) your FIN number was automatically generated and appears on your license, with no further FIN registration necessary.